On March 19, the Columbus Crew dejectedly walked out of RFK Stadium in Washington on the wrong side of a 3-1 game. The team allowed two Charlie Davies goals (one a penalty kick) and looked outclassed, out played, and in for a long season. The result came after they were shown the door from the […]

MLS could not have asked for a better opening weekend of soccer than this weekend. After a somewhat pedestrian first match between the Galaxy and Sounders, there were a ton of story lines to follow in this weekend's games. While it may be a lot to ask for every weekend to be this exciting (although […]

Our long national nightmare is over. The MLS schedule is out. About a month before the beginning of the season, MLS finally released the entire schedule for all 18 MLS teams. Previously, only each team's first home game was known, and some clubs like the LA Galaxy got an early jump on releasing the schedule […]

Earlier this offseason, I posted a poll and question about what EPL teams you would like to see do a tour of the United States. Since then we have seen Barcelona confirm a three-stop tour of the U.S., where they will be playing both Manchester United (DC) and AC Milan (Miami). But with as large […]

The past few weeks U.S. soccer fans have bemoaned the loss of national team players like Edson Buddle and Robbie Findley, players who, while not top-notch international players, are U.S. nationals whose presence gave MLS some respectability internationally. However, while we on this site and others were complaining about the losses, we have not had […]

The U.S. Soccer Federation announced the players who have been called up and accepted the invitation to the U.S. men's national team training camp in January. These players are the ones who will play in the next friendly against Chile in California and likely Egypt in Cairo. And the theme of this year's team is […]

Beginning at 8:30 Eastern, MLS Talk will be live blogging the 2010 MLS Cup. Join us here to discuss the players, coaches, BMO Field, ESPN, and everything else around the fifteenth MLS Cup. Insightful analysis will be welcome, as well as humor and pop culture references. I look forward to chatting with you at 8:30 […]

To kick off our MLS Cup 2010 Preview, I am pleased to share that we will be live blogging the match on this site Sunday night beginning at 8:30 PM Eastern. For those of us not in Toronto, please visit this site to share thoughts on the two teams, ESPN's coverage, or the warmth of […]

The LA Galaxy are MLS's most glamorous team in its second largest market. It is coached by the most successful American soccer coach of all time, is captained by the most famous American soccer player today, and employs if not the most famous soccer player in the world, certainly the most recognizable. It also has […]

In the end, what was most impressive about the LA Galaxy against the Seattle Sounders was also their undoing in the Western Conference finals. The home team's back line were spectators for an impressive Dallas attack, the LA superstars played a poor match overall, and the winningest coach in MLS playoff history was outcoached. Because […]

The story of the MLS playoffs coming into Sunday night was the futility of being a higher seed. None of the higher seeds had advanced and the playoffs were seemingly wide-open for a new champion. Then LA took the pitch against Seattle, and they showed the league who should be the favorites for the MLS […]

Soccer fans in the U.S. have long debated whether playoffs should be part of the beautiful game. Yesterday's Real Salt Lake/FC Dallas match showed exactly why the MLS playoffs can be special, as the lower-seeded Dallas knocked off the defending MLS champions with a 1-1 draw, 3-2 win on aggregate. Real Salt Lake came into […]

With San Jose's dramatic victory last night, they will await this weekend's slate of matches to see who their next round opponent will be. Their upset victory has set the stage for an interest weekend of matches where we could conceivably see three more lower seeds win their playoff matches and once again throw the […]

MLS has already announced its award finalists for the 2010 season and throughout the month will be slowly unveiling the winners of each award (congratulations Andy Najar and Donovan Ricketts). On November 15, MLS will announce the Best XI for the year, and few things get soccer fans as excited as picking out the best […]

The defending MLS champions were out-coached and outplayed in today's first round matchup between the two Western Conference clubs, as FC Dallas got a late goal from Eric Avila to beat Real Salt Lake 2-1. The match saw FC Dallas frantically try and win outright as they knew winning in Salt Lake City was something […]